Box and packaging



March 16, 1943. p, ug- BOX AND PACkAGING Origiflal Filed got. s, 1937 J INVENTOR. j L/P 0.

ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 16, 1943 BOX AND PACKAGING Philip 0. Buch, Rockaway, N. J., assignor to Stapling Machines (30., a corporation of Delaware Continuation of application Serial No. 167,550, October 6, 1937. This application June 3, 1949,

Serial No. 338,526

Claims.

I This application is a continuation of my cocontact with any of the inner surfaces of the box or crate.

It is a further object to utilize the ends of a box or crate to hold the article suspended inthe box or crate.

One illustrative box and means for packaging is shown in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the under side of a box blank as it is shipped in the flat to the box user.

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of a baseboard to which the article to be packaged is'secured.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the baseboard shown in Fig. 2, with the article to be packaged secured thereto and positioned on the bottom section of the box blank shown in Fig. 1, preparatory to-folding the box blank into box form. In this view the two end sections have been raised at right angles to the front'and rear sections of the blank. 7

Fig. 4 is a perspective view similar to Fig. 3 but showing the position of the parts during a later stage in the packaging of the article to be transported.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the packed box ready for shipment; In this view a portion of the box is shown in section to illustrate the manner in which the end sections hold the baseboard in contact'with the bottom section of the box.

As conducive to a better understanding of this invention it may be noted that in the packaging and transporting of certain articles such, for example, as transformers, compressers, electrical controllers, sink cabinets, and the like, it is desirable to prevent such articles from shifting about within the box or crate and to prevent such articles from contacting with the inner facesof the box or crate. Such shifting or contacting frequently results in damage to the article.

It has been the practice heretofore tosecure such an article to a baseboard and then secure the baseboard by nails, screws, or other fastening means to the box or crate. Such practice required the use of relatively thick and, hence, .expensive materials for the box'or crate to permit firmly securing the baseboard to the box or crate, and also necessitated the use of nails or screws to secure the baseboard to the box or crate and the additional labor and material expense involved in this operation.

The present invention is intended to eliminate the objections just referred to and to pro" vide a foldable box blank so constructed: and arranged as to fold about a baseboard and an article secured thereto and to hold the baseboard and article against shifting without employing nails, screws, or other fasteners to secure the baseboard to the box, thus permitting the'use of thinner and less expensive box materials.

Referring to Fig. 1,' the illustrative'box'blank there shown comprises four sections A, B, C, and D, which when folded into box form co mprise, respectively, the front, bottom, rear, and top 'sectionsof the box, and two end sections E. The sections A, B, C, and D each comprise side ma terial I (preferably of rotary-cut veneer or resawed lumber) and end cleats 2. The several sections are connected together in foldable relationship by flexible binders 3 (preferablywires) stapled to the sections by staples 4. Each end of each wire is provided with a bight or loop 5 for interengagement to close the box when'the flat blank is folded into box form, as shown in Fig. 5.

End sections E comprise side material 1, to

which one or more flexible binders 8 are secured by staples 9. The ends of flexible binders 8 are provided with loops or bights It adapted to pass through notches I l formed in the cleats 2 to hold the end sections in closed position. .Battens [2 may be secured to the side material I for added strength.

Referring'to Fig. 2, the baseboard to which the article to be transported is secured, consists of a board 93 (preferably of resawed lumber) having a width substantially equal to the length of a cleat 2, and having a length substantially equal to the distance between the cleats 2 of bottom section B, for a purpose hereinafter explained. Baseboard l3 maybe provided with spaced cross pieces I4 upon which the article to be packaged may rest. The baseboard I3, and the cross pieces M, if used, are provided with bores or holes 15 to receive bolts or screws with which the article to be transported is secured to the baseboard, as hereinafter explained. 

